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...Syria, President Nixon could see visible proof of the searing nature of the problems that he was trying to help solve. As his plane approached the airport, he could detect in the distance the salient from which, by coincidence, Israeli troops that day were beginning to pull back in accordance with the disengagement agreement that Kissinger had worked out. One of the larger groups that watched the motorcade pass by was composed of Syrian refugees from the Golan Heights. The tough-looking young soldiers that guarded the airport and roads were armed with Russian-made AK-47s. Nixon...
Frank and Levinson have devised an instrument that a school nurse can use to detect the ear disturbance. Thus, they suggest, primary dyslexia can now be diagnosed in preschool children. The two doctors are also searching for a physiological treatment for the disorder; in a small pilot program, they have begun to study the effect of cyclizine, a motion-sickness drug, on the reading ability of dyslexic children...
...This is not an especially reassuring explanation, since it would seem as though the heat ought to be precisely what sets offthe alarm. It's even less reassuring because the last time the system had a real-life test, in Moors Hall last February, the smoke detectors failed to detect the smoke...
...opened the way for immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel, forged ties of friendship and aid with Jews round the world, and strengthened Israel's relationship with the U.S., its principal ally and armorer. But she took comparatively little interest in domestic affairs and often failed to detect unrest at home. Oriental Jews in particular complained of their treatment as second-class citizens in Israel. When young Sephardic Jews organized themselves as "Black Panthers" three years ago and demonstrated in Jerusalem, Mrs. Meir was both amazed and outraged...
...handle income tax returns for residents of Washington, B.C., apparently even nullified the faithfully unbiased warnings of their own computer in giving the President their original full approval of his taxes for. 1970 and 1971. Some time in 1972 or early 1973 a computer that was programmed to detect returns that do not fit normal patterns kicked out the President's 1971 return. One reason presumably was the fact that although he had an income of $200,000, he claimed deductions for gifts that nearly matched his entire tax liability. The computer flagging called for an audit, and after...